American disco group the Village People made a name for themselves in the late-70s for their chant-along dance-pop hits and their colorful on-stage personas. Their best known hit, “Y.M.C.A.,” is widely considered a gay anthem – and became a staple of Trump’s rallies in the last election, along with their hit “Macho Man.”

The American disco group is set to perform at one of Trump’s inaugural balls and a rally he’s holding in Washington the day before he’s sworn in.

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    The Village People? All of them agreed to this? Like not one of them was like, “guys, you might all need the money, but these people literally hate us for existing?”

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    Holy hilarious, I hope the village people weren’t needing residuals for a comfy retirement.

    This will be the last time they make money, I’d imagine.

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    Can’t wait to see homophonic magaites truck around with a gay anthem on full blast just to “own the libz”.

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      IKR??

      I’d expect Nugent to come out onstage belting out “Bound and Gagged”, “Yank Me, Crank Me”, then “Jailbait” and finishing with “It’s a Free for All”.

      He might even shit himself.

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    So all he could get was a disco group way beyond the best before date, and a second class country girl?

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    Brilliant. Taking a gay anthem and claiming it was never gay allows all the deeply closeted Trump supporters to enjoy the music that is in their blood without judgment. It’s truly a galaxy brained move.